Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:44:13 -0700 From: Mygamejw <mygamejw@aol.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Newbbie Issue (JP) - installing FreeBSD 8.1 on a HP Notebook Message-ID: <3E9ABFCA-D22A-45A3-A7D1-CF5C2AF77FFE@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20110718204354.GA37830@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <A155B9F8-E0BD-4719-9C3C-A0066C85F3E1@aol.com> <20110718204354.GA37830@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Jul 18, 2011, at 13:43, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote: > This belongs in freebsd-questions unless you have reasonable grounds > to believe the problem is ACPI related. > > On 2011-Jul-15 17:49:17 -0700, Mygamejw <mygamejw@aol.com> wrote: >> I recently got FreeBSD 8.1 for a present > > Note that FreeBSD 8.1 has been superceded by FreeBSD 8.2, which is > available for download from (eg) > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/8.2/ > > Do you know which FreeBSD 8.1 image you have? > >> The issue I am having is related to a possible >> hacker who has gotten into her system. > > That's unlikely unless you burnt the CD/DVD on that system and it > was corruted by malware on the system. > >> yet. I wanted to ask before I do because of my inexperience with >> FreeBSD. Any time that I try to boot the pc after pressing #6 >> option I >> get a crash notice saying the following at the end of a massive reset >> notice: > > Is there a reason you are using option #6 instead of allowing it to > boot normally? > >> init: not found in path /sbin/init:/sbin/ >> d/sysinstall THIS IS CORRECT OUTPUT! > > I'm not sure if that's what was displayed or you've mis-typed the > message but the correct path is: > /sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/rescue/init:/stand/sysinstall > (and it should be loading /stand/sysinstall) > > I suspect you either have a corrupt CD/DVD image or (possibly) are > using the bootonly image instead of one of the installation images. > If you have a valid installation image, the screen or so of output > prior to that message would help with debugging - you could take a > digital photo of the screen and post a link. > > -- > Peter Jeremy Ok, It is FREEBSD 8.2 the March release. Next install I will do a Default bootup and try to install agian. I saw in the manuals that you want to disable the APCI if the system you have uses apm. This is way I choose option 6 Thanks and I will send the snap shots shortly. Jon
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